The Oscars are coming up, the Sundance and Berlin film festivals are just around the corner, and Hollywood is already taking the long distance view of the movies that will wow us in years to come. But it all starts with a good script, and today the annual The Black List is upon us, highlighting the very best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood.

After that, the 2014 Black List. It’s a great mix of projects, but for our money, we really want to know more about “I Am Ryan Reynolds“….

51CATHERINE THE GREATKristina Lauren AndersonSophia Augusta takes control of her life, her marriage, and her kingdom becoming Russia’s most celebrated and beloved monarch: Catherine the Great.Producer: Atlas Entertainment

35THE SWIMSUIT ISSUERandall GreenA nerdy high schooler, who fancies himself an amateur photographer, attempts to create a “Swimsuit Issue” featuring his high school classmates in hopes of raising enough money to go to summer camp.

34THE BABYSITTERBrian DuffieldA lonely twelve year old boy in love with his babysitter discovers some hard truths about life, love, and murder.Producer: Wonderland Sound and Vision

32ROTHCHILDJohn Patton FordA young, well-educated loner kills the members of his mother’s estranged family one-by-one in hopes that he will inherit the family’s vast fortune.

30THE WALLDwain WorrellA sniper and his spotter must kill and avoid being killed, separated from an enemy sniper by only a 16x6ft prayer wall.Producer: Amazon Studios

25THE CASCADEKieran FitzgeraldBased on the documentary style film “The Day Britain Stopped” directed by Gabriel Range, an oil tanker collides with an Iranian patrol boat in the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a chain of tragic disastrous events.Producer: Scott Free Productions

24AETHERKrysty Wilson-CairnsIn near future London, a revolutionary technology has been invented that can record sounds hours after they were made. Detective Harry Orwell, inventor of this technology, is part of a pilot program where investigators record and analyze past sound waves and finds himself the prime suspect while investigating a string of brutal murders.Producer: Film Nation

24SITUATION COMEDYCat VaskoA young woman, feeling directionless, stumbles upon a mysterious courtyard where she is transported into a sitcom-like universe, becoming a major character on this “TV show.”Producer: Right Of Way

23TAUNoga LandauA woman held captive in the futuristic smart house of a serial kidnapper realizes that her only hope of escape lies in turning the house’s sentient computer against its creator.Producer: Russell Ackerman, John Schoenfelder

18ECHOChris MacBrideA CIA drone coordinator battles his own psychological health while trying to decipher whether his wife has been replaced.Producer: 21 Laps

18MENAGary SpinelliIn the late 1970s to mid 1980s, Barry Seal, a TWA pilot recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America finds himself in charge of one of the biggest covert CIA operations in the history of the United States, one that spawned the birth of the Medellin cartel and eventually almost brought down the Reagan White House with the Iran Contra scandal.Producer: Imagine

17NORTH OF RENOBanipal Ablakhad, Benhur AblakhadA down and out prison guard attempts to murder a recently released inmate and steal a half million dollars in hidden heist money.Producer: Flynn Picture Co

17ON THE BASIS OF SEXDaniel StieplemanThe story of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, as she faced numerous obstacles to her fight for equal rights throughout her career.

16MOONFALLDavid WeilThe investigation of a murder on a moon colony.Producer: Ram Bergman

15MATRIARCHEric KoenigA prison psychologist has 48 hours to convince a serial killer to tell her the location of her final victim before she is executed.

15THE DEFECTIONKen NolanAfter the Edward Snowden affair, an intelligence contractor defects to North Korea, taking a mysterious bag with him, and the CIA hires an expert trained during the Cold War to help with the case.Producer: 20th Century Fox, Hutch Parker Entertainment

15THE LONG HAULDan StollerA self-destructive trucker estranged from his son travels cross country with a problematic nephew whom he barely knows.Producer: Matt Berenson

14BERLINERF. Scott FrazierAs the Berlin Wall is being constructed at the height of the Cold War, a veteran CIA agent searches for a Soviet mole who has already killed several fellow agents, including a young agent he’s mentored.Producer: Universal, Chris Morgan

14ONE FELL SWOOPGreg ScharpfA self-centered divorce attorney’s life takes an unexpected turn when he is guilted into spending time with the family of a one night stand who dies in a freak accident.Producer: Wonderland Sound and Vision

13BIRD BOXEric HeissererA woman tries to lead her children to safety after the world is invaded by monsters who turn you insane upon sight.Producer: Universal, Chris Morgan

13HUNTSVILLEAnthony Ragnone IIA girl tracks down the man responsible for her father’s death and avenges him.

13IN THE DEEPAnthony JaswinskiA lone surfer attacked by a shark and stranded on a reef must find a way back to shore before succumbing to her injuries.Producer: Sony, Weimaraner Rebuplic Pictures

13THE SEARCHSpencer MondsheinAn expert tracker battles his demons while on a journey to rescue his estranged older brother who has vanished in the uncharted wilderness of the Northwest.Producer: Voltage, Busted Shark

13YELLOWSTONE FALLSDaniel KunkaAfter an apocalyptic event, a mother wolf is separated from her mate and the rest of the pack, and has to protect her cubs from swarms of mutated humans.

12SYNDROME (E)Mark HeymanA detective solving the case of a disturbing film with subliminal images that is killing people who come in contact with it discovers a greater evil.

11BEEFJeff LockThe manager of a fast food chain in Muncie, Indiana gets in over his head with some bookies.

11BLACK WINTERJonathan Stewart, Jake CraneOn the eve of a US-Soviet disarmament treaty, a British scientist and a NATO medical investigator discover a secret Soviet plot to unleash a terrifying biological weapon.

11CARTOON GIRLRandall GreenWhen a young boy finds out that the cartoon character he’s in love with is based on a real girl, he drags his single father on a road trip to track her down.

11ROAD TO OZJosh GoldenThe early days of brilliant, whimsical author L. Frank Baum, who gave the world The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

10BIG TIME ADOLESCENCEJason OrleyA sixteen year old virgin with a growth deficiency slowly gets corrupted by his hero, an aimless college dropout.

10LBJJoey HartstoneLyndon Johnson goes from powerful Senate Majority Leader, powerless Vice President to President of the United States following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

10POSSESSION: A LOVE STORYJack StanleyIn a seemingly perfect marriage, a man discovers that he is actually wedded to a demon inhabiting another woman’s body.

10THE SECRET INGREDIENTS OF ROCKEY COLAMike VukadinovichTwin brothers with opposite personalities are separated at a young age and go on to live drastically different lives, eventually being reunited in the effort to save the company ‘Rocket Cola’ despite their love of the same woman.

10THE SHOWERJac SchaefferAt a baby shower for their longtime friend, the attendees suddenly find themselves in the middle of a different type of shower: meteors that release a vapor turning men into blood-hungry aliens.

9CELERITASKimberly BarranteWhen a missing astronaut crash lands forty years after he launched having not aged a day, his elderly twin brother helps him escape the NASA scientists hunting him. As the government closes in, neither brother is who they claim to be.

9JACKPOTDave CallahamAfter a group of bumbling teachers win a large amount of money, their greed and incompetence put them on a hilarious path toward death and destruction.

9PLUS ONEApril ProsserJust out of a long term relationship and realizing that all her friends have married, Rachel discovers that her only remaining wingwoman is Summer, a loud and oversharing wildcard.

9WONKAJason MicallefA dark, reimagining of the Willy Wonka story beginning in World War II and culminating with his takeover of the chocolate factory.

8BEAUTY PAGEANTEvan Mirzi, Shea MirzaiAfter they unwittingly get their daughters disqualified from the child beauty circuit, two warring stagemothers are forced to go head to head in an adult beauty pageant.

8BISMARCKJared CowieAs Britain struggles through the darkest hours of World War II, a naval officer, raw from the loss of his ship during the evacuation of Dunkirk, is thrust into the thick of the hunt for the Nazi super- battleship, Bismarck. Based on a true story.

8MORGANSeth W OwenA corporate risk management consultant is summoned to a remote research lab to determine whether or not to terminate an at-risk artificial being.

8SHADOW RUNJoe GazzamA viral attack puts lives in danger, forcing a CIA agent to initiate a secret prisoner exchange of Russia’s most notorious spy for the American scientist who can create a cure.

8THE TAKEAWAYJulia CoxA young, play-it-safe, art restorer is swept up in a whirlwind romance with her charming boss, who turns out to be a world- class thief.

7BLINKHernany PerlaYears after being fully paralyzed during an infamous bank robbery, a man is taken hostage for the secrets in his head. His only form of communicating with the outside world – and outsmarting his captors – is his ability to blink.

7BOSTON STRANGLERChuck MacLeanIn the 1960s, a determined detective puts his life and career on the line to solve the case of the Boston Strangler.

7ERIN’S VOICEGreg SullivanA deaf computer genius’ world is thrown into turmoil when he meets a troubled coffee shop waitress whose voice turns out to be the only thing he can miraculously hear.

7EVERYONE WANTS EVERYTHINGAbraham HIgginbothamAs his life reaches its neurosis-inducing midpoint, a married man asks himself an eternal question with no real answer — “Am I living the life I want to be living, or do I need to start over before its too late?” Torn between two lives, he’s forced to do the one thing he doesn’t want to do — make a choice.

7GIFTEDTom FlynnA thirty year old man attempts to continue raising his deceased sister’s seven year old daughter, a kid-genius, while battling his own mother for custody.

7MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEAWilliam Morris EndeavorAn uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies.

7MERCAndrew Bozalis, Derek MetherWhen a disgraced former soldier finds success by working for a private security company, the illegal tactics the company employs challenges his worldview.

7PROFESSOR PASGHETTIJeff FeuersteinA famous children’s author, with an affinity for drugs and hookers, finds himself on a journey of self-discovery with a dead stripper and her eight year old son.

7THE EDEN PROJECTChristina HodsonWhen a race of genetically modified humans living secretly among us declare war on Man, the fate of the world is in the hands of a rogue “Synthetic” named Eve and a young girl who is about to discover she’s not all human.

6A GARDEN AT THE END OF THE WORLDGary GrahamIn a post-apocalyptic world, a recluse, trying to recreate trees to produce new life, takes in a young girl who is on the run from some bad men, including her father.

6COFFEE & KAREEMShane McCarthyAn overweight, foul-mouthed nine year old reluctantly teams with the straight edge cop sleeping with his mom to take down Detroit’s most ruthless drug lord.

6FORGIVE MEMax HurwitzHow Mike Wallace helped to create 60 Minutes and how years later, he confronted and dealt with his own depression.

6IN REAL TIMEChai HechtA young man convinced that his mentally unstable sister needs to relive her high school prom from ten years prior to overcome her depression goes to great lengths to recreate that event.

6IN THIS, MY DARKEST HOURBryan McMullinA man rises to power during the California gold rush, tearing his family apart.

6MONEY MONSTERAlan DiFiore, Jim Kouf, Jamie LindenAfter a man loses all his money in the stock market by following the advice of a Wall Street TV host, he takes the money adviser hostage on live television.

6MY FRIEND DAHMERMarc MeyersBased on the acclaimed graphic novel by John Backderf, Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy and during his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he becomes.

6THE BEAUTIFUL GAMEZander LehmannA high school soccer star’s personal life becomes complicated leading up to his championship game as he develops a relationship with his soccer coach.

6THE MAN IN THE ROCKEFELLER SUITDavid Bar KatzThe story of Clark Rockefeller, a con artist thought to be American royalty until he kidnapped his young daughter initiating a manhunt that revealed his true identity.

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